Newport
Newport is a city as well as unitary authority location in south eastern Wales, on the River Usk near its confluence with the Severn Tidewater, 12 miles (19 kilometres) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the third biggest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city forms part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area, with a population of 1,097. Newport has actually been a port given that medieval times, when the first Newport Castle was built by the Normans. The community grew out of the earlier Roman town of Caerleon, quickly upstream, and also acquired its very first charter in 1314. It grew significantly in the 19th century, when its port came to be the emphasis of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Up until the rise of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' biggest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Increasing of 1839 led by the Chartists. This was led by the Chartist John Frost which caused the re-branding of the Duffryn High School into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the docks decreased in importance, yet Newport stayed a crucial production and design centre. It was granted city standing in 2002. Newport hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010 as well as was the location for the 2014 NATO summit.
